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Lessons from the Australian Bushfires News Nov - Feb 2020 What now? Lessons from the Australian bushfires news Nov - Feb 2020 To get your donations directly into Community go to vaccho.org.au/ Image: VACCHO staff load up P2 air masks and water bottles bound for ACCOs in donate-now bushfire affected Gippsland areas. The challenges presented by this to address this crisis support year’s bushfires have been a huge services alongside their many focus for many in our Community other operational duties and we all across the past four months. thank you. Beyond the immediate impacts of Awareness of Aboriginal land and property losses, mental representation – both as victims health has been a pressing concern of the fires and as contributors to - with ACCOs fielding an enormous the bush fire recovery effort - is increase in demand for counselling slowly improving. We have seen and wellbeing support services positive stories emerge during during these recent months. the crisis - from Aboriginal firies Invasion Day 2020 pictures pg 4 The leadership shown by the CEOs to the fantastic support provided and their staff of our VACCHO by Community leaders and their Membership organisations in the teams at a grassroots level. Vibrant, affected regions, particularly in There have also been valuable Gippsland, during this distressing conversations acknowledging the healthy, time has been incredible. Our contribution our people can and self- teams have risen to the occasion do make to land management. determining CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Aboriginal Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. VACCHO is the the peak body for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples living in Victoria communities If you want to help create change in the Aboriginal health system. Come work with us. vaccho.org.au/jobs/c/ VACCHO newsletters are available to view online at www.vaccho.org.au/news-media/nl Contents 01 Lessons from the Australian 06 Koorie Pride Network bushfires 08 Growing the ACCO GP 03 Ballarat and District Aboriginal Workforce Cooperative launches it’s new 09 Mental Health Royal medical clinic Commission consultations 04 Invasion Day 2020 10 Strength through speaking 05 Elders acting up for aged care truth awareness 11 Out and about 2 VACCHOVACCHO NEWSNEWS NovemberNovember -- FebruaryFebruary 20202020 Image (L-R): The Hon. Juliana Addison MP (green dress), The Hon. Michaela Settle MP, The Hon. Daniel Andrews MP, Uncle Frank Laxton, BDAC CEO Karen Heap and Uncle Rob Watts Inset (bottom left): BDAC staff with Community Leaders and Government representatives VACCHO newsletters are Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative launches its new medical clinic available to view online at Ballarat and District Aboriginal for Aboriginal self-determination. This building will continue to www.vaccho.org.au/news-media/nl Cooperative (BADAC) was excited be a hub for local Aboriginal and proud to have Premier Daniel The building has been an employment. BADAC has Aboriginal enormous undertaking for Andrews formally open their new nurses and specialists already there, BADAC: $630,000 worth of $6 million medical clinic on Friday and they are looking forward to the 1 November. concrete; $525,000 worth of steel and metalwork; $525,000 day when they welcome their first Aboriginal doctor. The Ballarat Aboriginal community of ceilings and walls; $770,000 showed they know how to come of electrical and mechanical This new medical clinic is a together and celebrate, attending works. 20 B-double truckloads powerful symbol: that Aboriginal in their hundreds with barely two of contaminated soil removed. people create their own lives 6 boxes of Panadol, and a knee days’ notice. BADAC had sent out and futures. That we are proud reconstruction. text message alerts, made phone and strong. That we need to calls, did a massive mail out and The project directly employed 150 do health our way: a holistic Facebook alerts. local people, including joiners, approach which respects that Such a fantastic turn out shows painters, carpenters, tilers, culture, land, language and how important the clinic is to the plasterers, electrical, mechanical and family are vital to the mental, Ballarat community, both for its plumbers. It indirectly supported physical, emotional and spiritual culturally safe health care and for many others, including workers health of Aboriginal people. its symbolic value that Aboriginal in the Ballarat window-frame people deserve the best. factory, truck drivers and excavator For more information about the operators. BADAC also used local services BADAC offers contact The clinic is such an important step architects and local builders, all of them at www.badac.net.au or call forward for Aboriginal health, and whom did a brilliant job. 03 5331 5344. VACCHO NEWS November - February 2020 3 #Changethedate Invasion Day March 26 January 2020 from Victorian Parliament House to Birrarung Marr 4 VACCHO NEWS November - February 2020 4 VACCHO NEWS November - February 2020 Elders acting up for aged care awareness VACCHO and the Victorian Committee for Aboriginal Trevor Pearce, Acting CEO of VACCHO (bottom left), Aged Care and Disability (VCAACD) launched the introduced VCAACD as an auspice of VACCHO and 2019 Community Elder Videos on Aged Care in shared personal experiences of how hard the aged December last year. care system is to navigate for our Mob. VCAACD engaged the Health Issues Centre to Jill Gallagher AO, Treaty Advancement produce a series of eight short videos designed to Commissioner (bottom left), stressed the assist older Aboriginal people, their carers, and aged importance of culture and how it must be care workers in ACCOs to navigate government and embedded in aged care for self-determination. mainstream services. Gerard Mansour, Commissioner for Senior Victorians (bottom left), spoke of what it means to age well, and The videos promote aged care services available to the importance that Elders get the right to access the older Aboriginal people and raise awareness about services they need. our Elders’ rights when accessing support. Zoe Austin-Crowe, Senior Policy Advisor and Project The videos are led by star acting performances Manager with the Health Issues Centre, introduced and script input from members of the Victorian the videos and how they were made to give a voice Aboriginal Community. to Community. On 12 December, Mantra Bell City rolled out the Following the success of the launch and the red carpet for 50 people from the VCAACD regional reception of the videos, VCAACD is developing networks to attend the premiere screening, a communication strategy to promote them accompanied by a video story from Uncle Paul and looking at producing more videos in 2020 Chapman (pictured bottom right with staff from accompanied with information pamphlets. Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-op), and speeches from esteemed guests. The videos are available on the VACCHO website at www.vaccho.org.au/policy-advocacy/vcaacd The event was hosted by VCAACD Chair, Lynette Bishop and began with a Welcome to Country from Traditional Author: Jarrod McDonald, Proud Wiradjuri man and Owner and Wurundjeri Elder, Aunty Di Kerr (Center). VACCHO Policy Officer VACCHO NEWS November - February 2020 5 At this year’s Midsumma Pride March Koorie supporting culturally safe inclusive practices Pride Network Victoria (KPN), with the help for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander of Boon Wurrung Elder, N’arwee’t Carolyn identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and Briggs, mob and The Merindas, was launched. gender diverse, intersex, queer, questioning, The idea for KPN emerged from two Aboriginal Sistergirl and Brotherboy (LGBTIQAS&B) living gatherings - Kunghah Retreat: Brotherboys and in Victoria. Sistergirls Gathering (2016) and the Nanyubak The Network also works in preserving our Yapaneyeputj Retreat (2018). cultural and SSG history and knowledge With seed funding from the Department through storytelling with our Communities and of Premier and Cabinet and auspicing at all SSG communities. VACCHO, KPN was established to ensure that self-determination, connection and pride is KPN prioritises empowerment through evident in our sexuality, sex and gender diverse visibility to build on social and cultural change (SSG) Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by connecting and supporting Aboriginal and/ communities living within Victoria. or Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQAS&B mob living in Victoria. KPN Victoria upholds the right to self- determination and celebrates its values For more information on KPN go to their and diversity. It does this by advocating and facebook page or contact Alli on 9411 9411. 66 VACCHO VACCHO NEWS NEWS November November - -February February 2020 2020 The 1st KPN community meeting will be held in March 2020. Check out their FB page for details. VACCHOVACCHO NEWS NEWS November November - -February February 2020 2020 7 7 Growing the ACCO GP Workforce Pictured, Mr Trevor Carr (Rural Workforce Agency Victoria), Roman Zwolak (Budja Budja Aboriginal Co-operative), Janina De Silva (VACCHO), Nicole McCartney (Department of Health), Dr Nadia Lusis (VACCHO), Kate McIntosh (Primary Health Network Alliance), Ben Trewarn (RWAV), Chris Halacas (VACCHO), Dr Claire Langdon (Department of Health), Dr Ngaree Blow (Australian Indigenous Doctors Assocation), Stephanie May (VACCHO). Via teleconference not pictured Kim Faulkner (MDAS), Dr Karen Dixon and Greg McMeel (Murray City Coast GP Training), Prof Karen Dwyer (Deakin) Key allies met at VACCHO on 19 February 2020 The holistic nature of work in the ACCO sector, to
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